title: Occurrence of invasive thymoma after thymectomy for myasthenia gravis: report of a case.
abstract: We report the occurrence of an invasive thymoma following a median sternotomy with removal of a normal involuted thymus in a patient with myasthenia gravis and stress the prompt reevaluation of post-thymectomy patients who have an initial good response and then deteriorate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Shreveport 71130.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Husain
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Hogan
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000601:surgery*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D013934:Thymectomy; D013945:Thymoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery